The Lie

Suspense - Radio’s Outstanding Theater of Thrills · May 23, 2026 · 30m

Originally Aired: April 28, 1949

Suspense #338, "The Lie," starring Mickey Rooney, presents a twisted tale of murder and family dysfunction. Martin Delavan, a young man expelled from college for the third time, returns home to find his despised stepmother Glad dead on the bed with a broken neck. His father's telltale cigarette butts and newspaper suggest Dad came home early and discovered Glad on the phone with another man. Believing his long-suffering father finally snapped and killed the manipulative, unfaithful woman who tormented them both, Martin makes a desperate decision. He destroys…